And is it a little extraordinary? I admit to not knowing whether it's normal or not, so I'm asking the board. On the face of it, it sure seems like there's a whole lot of young men leaving that program. Doesn't that make 2 QB's in the past year?
How many players have left Ole Miss under Nutt's watch?
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You sign 89 guys in 3 years and you don't have a choice but to have a ton of people leave your program at some point.The other thing I don't get is that with all of the kids they've signed over the past 3 years, they stillhad to sign 8 JUCO's in this class to cover their asses due to lack of quality depth, and4 of those were 2 star JUCOs. That doesn't make sense to me. You sign that many people and still have to sign 8 JUCO's and you need to re-evaluate your situation and the direction your program is going.
37 but only 25 can get in. Hell are these guys hoping they are one of the 25? If you are marginal and you know you are why sign with them? Go to Con. USA or JUCO. Really if Ole Miss is offering some one else is bound to be. It might be JSU, USM, UAB or who ever.
point of diminishing return. Obviously, Nutt and crew have crossed that point. They can't keep anyone around, therefore they have no depth. They have so little experience because Nutt recruits these "flashy" high school players, then gets JUCOs or transfers to play, instead. That leads to no experience AND massive turnover. Not a good strategy if you ask me.
than football. It is rare to see guys come in as true freshmen and make a difference in football. It happens but it is the exception. There is no doubt that the attrition is hurting Ole Miss and hurting them bad. There is alot of rationalization going on right now on their part and we would be doing the same thing if we were in their shoes. I get a sense that they could be in for a really shittastic season this year which will likely lead to the firing of Nix for sure and possibly Nutt. My (sense) doesn't mean much because I really felt like they would win at least seven ball games last year and it turned out to be a disapointing season for them so who knows but to compete in the SEC with the QB situation they have and the holes they haveon defense looks to be daunting on paper, it reminds me alot of us a few years ago.
It works well at UK, but I think it is a culture set up by the coach. Very few freshmen at State have contributed much of anything to our basketball program probably there is not a culture in place where freshmen are trusted and expected to make contributions to the team (just as an example). I know I will probably get called out and someone will say "what about Barry Stewart and Ben Hansbrough?" and yes, they contributed, but there was no one else on the team to really make those contributions... and sometimes players have the attitude that they will contribute regardless of the culture in place (or maybe Stans expected more out of them). Even though Jarvis blocked shots, he didn't come close to contributing enough to compete for the starting role his freshman year... nor did Ravern Johnson.
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</div><div>All that is an example, but I think it is much more the culture and dynamic of the team. If freshmen are treated and thought of as not much more than a pee-on, then that is how they will act... but if there is a culture where it doesn't matter how experienced you are, you are expected to perform, that is a much different culture. And that is true for both football and basketball. </div>
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</div><div>All that is an example, but I think it is much more the culture and dynamic of the team. If freshmen are treated and thought of as not much more than a pee-on, then that is how they will act... but if there is a culture where it doesn't matter how experienced you are, you are expected to perform, that is a much different culture. And that is true for both football and basketball. </div>
and mentally to the rigors of SEC football than basketball because many of the basketball players have played one helluva alot of AAU games against very good talent and I think that makes them come in more prepared as freshmen. That just isn't possible in football, in my opinion.